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Brian Floyd
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I thought of DP7 as "Misfits of Science" meets "X-Men".
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Bob Harvey
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Ah, the usual hot takes from Byrne Robotics.
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John Byrne
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James Johnson
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Denny O'Neil made an interesting observation vis the New Universe. He said it was the first time a company had gone into competition with itself!
Could the same be said about the EPIC line of comics from a few years earlier?
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Vinny Valenti
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I wouldn't think so. It generally had several differences and goals from the mainstream MU - creator-owned projects, more adult-oriented fare, and more sci-fi and fantasy-geared themes. NU was just Diet MU.
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John Byrne
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EPIC could not be considered in competition with the rest of Marvel, any more than could be the STAR line. Both were created to appeal to different audiences than the general Marvel fare. More “mature” audiences in the case of EPIC.
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John Byrne
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…Diet MU…••• I like it!!
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Scott Gray
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"It will be the comics event of the century. Yes, the century." - Jim Shooter
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John Byrne
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Wouldn’t it be sad if he really believed that?
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Mark Haslett
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“Superman? Batman? Rank amateurs! Mere asterisks on the ledger that is
now completely recalculated due to an event so Titanic that only Edsel
himself could have done it: Hindenburg Comics!”
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Daniel Gillotte
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It does feel like Shooter was trying to channel Stan Lee or at least his bombast. As a kid, I fell for it. (FWIW I would have fallen for PT Barnum, too.)
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